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STATE v. WIEN AIR ALASKA, INC.

No. 4644.

619 P.2d 719 (1980)

STATE of Alaska, Appellant, v. WIEN AIR ALASKA, INC., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

November 21, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lloyd B. Ericsson, Martin, Bischoff, Templeton, Biggs & Ericsson, Portland, Or., Hal Gazaway, Asst. Atty. Gen., Anchorage, and Avrum M. Gross, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for appellant.

Patricia Zobel, Merdes, Schaible, Staley & DeLisio, Inc., Anchorage, for appellee.

Before RABINOWITZ, C.J., CONNOR and BURKE, JJ., and DIMOND, Senior Justice.

OPINION

CONNOR, Justice.

On August 30, 1975, two Wien Air employees were killed when a regularly scheduled Wien airliner crashed into Sevoukuk Mountain near Gambell, Alaska. The beneficiaries of both deceased employees have been paid benefits under provisions of Alaska's Workmen's Compensation Act. AS 23.30.005-23.30.270.

In addition to receiving workmen's compensation, personal representatives of each decedent filed wrongful death actions against...

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